The pastor's sermons may bore you, but they are morally edifying.
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Edifying
/ˈɛd.ɪˌfaɪ.ɪŋ/
Synonyms for "edifying" (75 found)
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Noun(2 words)
educational approacheducational games
Adjective(20 words)
educational attributeeducational communitieseducational courseeducational curriculumeducational descriptorseducational effectseducational exhibitionseducational goalseducational inspirationeducational mediumeducational principleeducational projecteducational resourceseducational romanian videoeducational subjecteducational taskseducational term exampleeducational topicseducational worksheetenlighten
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Noun(7 words)
Adjective(12 words)
informinstructinstructiveluminousmoral examplemoral mattersmoralizingnourishing experiencesalutarystimulatingtheological artuplifting
Verb(2 words)
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What Tom said wasn't very edifying.
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Do not let any corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good for the use of edifying that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
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I am slightly skeptical about the neatness of these edifyings in the play. Olivia remains my best positive case, Malvolio my best negative. "Too proud," as Viola says, Olivia is humbled by both Feste and Viola, her twin fools, but more obviously and more frequently by herself, until finally she is blessed with the joy of undeserved grace and love. Malvolio will not learn that his madness is everyone's madness in Illyria.
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